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Where are all the camisoles?

While tinkering around in my fabric/garment wiki (after months of absence – the busy fall is almost over!), I noticed that there are not all that many examples of camisoles in the list of creations on the Burda site. For a garment that would seem to me to be relatively easy to make, given its often relatively loose fit, I was a little surprised. Also, looking around on the web, although I found some free patterns, with a few exceptions these aren’t particularly pretty or exciting.

I just wanted to encourage BurdaStyle members to turn their talents to this somewhat neglected area and see what our community comes up with! :)

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Several of my lingerie creations are shown laid out flat, and at least one is shown worn over existing clothes …. looks odd, but it does showcase the garment. I would hate to think that the problems of modeling them were the reason they weren’t being shown…

I totally agree Gedwoods. I live in North Queensland and for most of the year I wear camisole style tops as they are much cooler than any other style. Nice patterns however, are very hard to come by. I recently bought Simplicity 2650 but I wanted to make it into a dress first! A cami is on my to do list. If anyone knows of any nice patterns I’d be keen to see them.

I have examples of camisoles/ lingerie in my projects and I laid them out flat to photograph them. I love making slips and camisoles as they are so easy to make – even without an overlocker/ serger and you can trim them with lace/ ribbons/ bows to make unique undergarments — to match outerwear !

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